Browsing African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by Title
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Centering Pan-African Gender Economic Justice in the AFCFTA Implementation: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the AFCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade: Legal, Institutional, and Programmatic Realities in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Senegal
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-03)The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) spans a market of 1.4 billion people with a combined GDP of over $3.4 trillion. Macroeconomic trade policies are not gender-neutral. Recognizing that trade liberalization ... -
Evidence-Based Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Assessment of Nigeria’s AfCFTA Implementation
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-06-16)The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement represents Africa’s most ambitious integration initiative, designed to create a single market for goods, services, and digital commerce across 54 nations [TRALAC]. ... -
Evidence-Based National Implementation of The AFCFTA Agreement and its Protocols: A Cross-Continental Strategic Blueprint: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and Cameroon
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-01)As of July 2026, the operationalisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement has successfully transitioned from high-level treaty ratification to concrete, data-backed marketplace performance [^6]. ... -
Evidence-Based National Implementation of the Afcfta Guided Trade Initiative and Operational Instruments: Case Study of Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-06-05)The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents one of the largest free trade areas in the world by number of participating countries, aiming to integrate a market of over 1.4 billion people with a combined ... -
Evidence-Based Review of National Implementation of the Afcfta Agreement and its Protocols (2025–2026): Case Study Of Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda and Cameroon
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-06-09)The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has advanced into an operational phase characterized by structured execution, institutional restructuring, and digital legal harmonization across state ... -
Evidence-Based Review of the African Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, Goods, and Services: Accelerating Trade Mobility and Regional Economic Integration under the AfCFTA
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-06-25)The African Union (AU) Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence, and Right of Establishment stands as a vital institutional pillar for the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). While ... -
Evidence-Based Review of the Case of Meta Platforms Inc. v. Federal Government of Nigeria (2025–2026): - Digital Justice for Consumers, Competition Practice and Regulatory Compliance with the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-22)The legal battle between Meta Platforms Inc. and the Federal Government of Nigeria represents a watershed moment in the regulation of the global digital economy within Africa. For over three years, Nigerian regulatory ... -
Evidence-Based Review of the Compatibility of Nigeria’s National Gender, Economic Empowerment, and Trade Policies with the AFCFTA Agreement and the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-07)Nigeria's informal cross-border trade (ICBT) is heavily dominated by women, yet national policy architectures remain structurally fragmented. While the AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade (PWYT) creates legally ... -
Evidence-Based Review: Dangote Group’s Operationalization of the AFCFTA Protocol on Investment and Building: A Pan-African Industrial Multinational For Economic Sovereignty Across West, East, and Central Africa (Gambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Congo, Rwanda Case Studies)
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-13)The Dangote Group is rolling out a landmark $46 billion continental investment pipeline (2026–2028), transitioning from a Nigerian powerhouse into a borderless African multinational. By actively operationalizing the African ... -
Financing Frameworks Governing the SPV-PPP Project Bridge on 90,000km Infrastructure in Nigeria: Bottlenecks and Prospects
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-17)Project BRIDGE (Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth) is a landmark Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) designed to construct a 90,000km open-access middle-mile fibre optic backbone ... -
The Legal and Operational Architecture of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Single African Digital Market, the Eight Technical Annexes, and Implementation Frameworks for the Creative, Digital, and Financial Ecosystems
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-06-01)The Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Digital Trade establishes a unified legal architecture for e-commerce, digital financial services, and cross-border data flows ... -
Overview of the Project Bridge Strategic Blueprint, Implementation Status, and Policy Roadmap (2026 Update)
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-14)Project BRIDGE (Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth) is a landmark ₦2.71 trillion ($2 billion) initiative spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) ... -
Strategic Blueprint: Powering Continental Digital Trade through Interoperable DPI and Broadband Infrastructure
(NILDS-Division of AfCFTA Law and Policy (DALP), 2026-07-13)The full realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) relies heavily on transforming physical trade barriers into secure, seamless digital channels. While the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade (DTP) ...